‘Act of Revenge’: Top Democrats Slam Trump for Yanking Harris Secret Service Protection

David Gilmour Aug 29th, 2025, 10:08 am

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Democrats are blasting President Donald Trump’s decision to yank former Vice President Kamala Harris’s extended Secret Service protection as “vindictive” and an “act of revenge.”

The former vice president lost her statutory six months of protection in July, but former President Joe Biden had quietly signed an order granting her another year of coverage, according to exclusive reporting from CNN.

Trump abruptly scrapped that directive on Thursday, just weeks before Harris launches a nationwide book tour to promote a memoir about her 2024 presidential run, entitled .

News of the move was met with fierce backlash from Democrats and the

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